Improved snap-hook



n amt-slm new eine j GEORGE A. BROWN; or rmtos-.nazeo, MGHIGAN.

nvrenoxrn'r4 SNAP-HOOK.

Sheule' referred to in `these Letters lPacelitjanc'l marking part f the same.

iron, or other metallic substance,.havng no spring,

but holding the ring, or that into which it iscaugllt,

j ltightly and seenrel y by lever power.

, `,lo enable others skilled'inrthe art to make and `use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation. j l ,f p

I construct my snapof two` parts, of malleable-iron,

or other metallic substance, as in vFigures 3 and 4.

No.1, or lFigure 3,is, from the cross-bar a, similar to an' ordinarysnap, t. e., the front part.

the cross-bar a, is-connected at the extremities bythe cross-bar d, and' between the crossf'bars a and d is the j cross-bar jl No. l takesa convex form from a' to d, the concatv No-2, or Figure 4,"from the projection b forward,

'llhe back part, dividing into two .pieces at or about occupies the place of the spring in an ordinary snap, and is lettered o. Y i

` Beyondthe projection 7),' or toward the back end of the snap, theV lever c divides, and is connected at the extremities by cross-bare. -'(Vi de Figure 2.) y

I No. 1, jbeing where it divides' a little .largerth'anf No. 2, No. 2 easily slips betweenthe sides of No. 1, and the lever c being'pnshed under cross-bar a, a blow of a hammer upon c (cross-bar) sets it (No. 2) down, and the projection b of No. 2 isbeyond zcross-bar a. (Vide Figure l.)

The strap is then `introduced thus.: l

Attach it securely tOcrOSS-barf of'No. 1, p ut it over` cross-bar e of No. 2. and-*under cross-bar d of No. 1. (Vide iig. l.)

' Taking hold of the extremity of' the strap, a slight pull closes the opening -oi Nos. 1 and 2. Press down the lever c; and the snap is opened again.

lVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is i r 'The lever c, projection b, and the cross-bars ,f, e, and l?, when constructed and arranged, without a spring, substantially as her'ein set forth and described. GEORGE A.' BROWN.` Witnesses 'Y D. T. SAPP, B.' G. BROWN. 

